Ivittuut

Ivittuut (formerly, Ivigtût; Greenlandic for "Grassy Place") is an abandoned mining town near Cape Desolation in southwestern Greenland, in the modern Sermersooqmunicipality on the ruins of the former NorseMiddle Settlement.

Ivittuut is one of the few places in the world so far discovered to have naturally occurring cryolite (Na₃AlF₆, sodium aluminum fluoride), an important agent in modern aluminum extraction.